Combined table and bed



(NoMr ideL) W. H. WOOLD RI DGE. Combined Table and Bed.

N0. 236,289. Patented Jan. 4,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. WOOLDRIDGE, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

COMBINED TABLE AND BED.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 236,289, dated January4, 1881. Application filed April 28, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. WOOL- DRIDGE,of the city of Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State ofKentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CombinedTable and Bed, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved article offurniture which may be readily converted into a table orinto a bed orcrib, being of simple and durable construction and convenient inoperation and use; and the invention consists of a table the frame ofwhich is made of two telescoping sections with bottom slats, and a topwhich is connected to one section by a sliding hinge, so as to be usedas top for the table or as headboard for the bed.

In the accompanying drawings, which fully illustrate my invention andform a part of this specification, Figures 1 and 2 represent sideelevations of my combined table and bed, shown respectively in positionas a table and bed. Fig. 3 is a top view when arranged as a bed; andFig. 4 is an end view of the same, partly in section.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A and B in the drawings represent the two sections of thesupporting-frame of my combined table and bed or crib. The table is madeof any convenient size, according as it is intended for use as a bed orcrib. The sections A and B are so connected that one telescopes withinthe other, each being provided at the outer ends with legs 0 and D,respectively. The side boards or panels of each section are providedwith one ortwo slots, grooves, or slides, E, into each of which projectsa separate pin, E, of the outer section, by which a reliable connectionof the sections is formed when they are pushed together or drawn out,the double connection acting in the nature of a stiffening-brace. Thebottom ot'each section is provided with a row of slats, I 1 and J J,those of the inner section, B, being arranged slightly above those ofthe outer section, A, so that one row of slats may readily slide overthe other row of the slats when one section is pushed into the other.The inner section, B, forms the repository for the bedding when con- Thetop G of the table is so arranged that it can be removed entirely orthrown in vertical position at the end of one section, so as to form thehead-board when the tableis converted into a bed or crib. This isaccomplished by means of a sliding hinge, which is formed of a slot, L,lined with brass or other suitable metal, and of a headed pin, M, whichis securely attached to the upper corner of section A. On this pin M thetop G slides when it is raised and placed in a horizontal positionorwhen it is swung down into vertical position. The head of the pin M isflattened, so as to be readily inserted into the slot when the top isturned crosswise thereto, so that the slot is in line with the head.When the head of the pin is in the slot the top is turned back againinto its proper position. For removing the top this operation isreversed. The top G is furthermore arranged at the under side with two1ongitudinal and transverse side strips or moldings, N, which fit eitherto the outside or inside of the sections, and form a kind of brace forthe same when used as a table, and an ornamental feature of the top whenused as a head-board.

This combined article of furniture is readily converted into a bed bylifting the top and sliding it along the pin M into vertical position,then drawing the sections apart as far as the connecting slots and pinswill admit, and finally arranging the bedding therein. It is convertedinto a table by reversing these operations, the whole forming a verysimple, economical, and convenient article for domestic purposes.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. In a combined table and bed, the combination of thetelescoping supporting-sections A B, being connected by guiding andsteadying devices at their sides, with a top plate, G, which isconnected by a sliding hinge-joint to one section, and provided withbinding-cleats at the under side, to be thrown into vertical position asa head-board or into horizontal position as a table, substantially asand for the 10 purpose set forth.

2. In a combined table and bed, the combination of two telescoping andsupporting bedsections,AB,the outer one of which has a fixed headedguide-pin, M, at the upper edge, with a hinged and sliding top, G,having a groove, l1, extending longitudinally through a portion of thetop. substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of two witnesses, this 14th day of April, 20

WILLIAM H; VVOOLDRIDGE.

Witnesses:

J. E. MARsHALL, ALFRED V. OLDHAM.

